Press Conference on Paid Parental Leave Bill TODAY

WASHINGTON, DC – Lawmakers will convene a press conference TODAY at 2:30 p.m. in the House Radio/TV Gallery following the final House vote on “The Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act” (H.R. 5781), legislation that would give federal employees four weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.

With over 1.8 million employees, the federal government is the nation’s largest employer. Federal employees currently receive no paid time off specifically to care for an infant or newly adopted child. If they have a child and want paid time off, they have to cobble together their accrued sick days and vacation time. By failing to provide paid parental leave, the federal government currently lags behind both the private sector and other industrialized nations.